Happy Baby

As I've mentioned before, Brenna has been such a happy and great baby! She has definitely been the easiest baby we've had so far. She's been a nurser, a good sleeper, has a very calm sense about her and is seriously just so happy! One thing that she doesn't do well, though, is take a bottle! We have been trying, but have failed so far. She just wants mama and nothing to do with a bottle. Oh well. All her happiness and cuteness make up for it :) I love you, Brenna!!

She always wakes up so happy.

Dress from Mamaw

So my Mamaw sent Brenna this darling dress. It is so adorable on her, and so special that it is from her great-grandma. I dressed her up in it and took some photos to send to Mamaw so she could see Brenna in the dress. And Brenna was being so smiley and I couldn't just choose one or two to post, so I uploaded them all :) 

Zoo Trip with Bevan

So my cousin, Bevan, was in town visiting Jeralyn before he left on his mission. He needed some time to kill and a ride to the airport later that afternoon since Jeralyn had to go to work. So we picked him up at Jeralyn's place and then took a trip to the zoo! Kimbri had preschool that morning so it was just Garrett and Brenna with us. It was so fun! And we got to see the new tiger exhibit so that was cool. 

I went to take a picture of Garrett and he told
me he wanted me to be in the picture with him.

Brenna hanging out in the stroller. 

After hanging out at the zoo for a little while, we had to take off in order to pick up Kimbri from preschool and then we all ate lunch and then drove Bevan to the airport! It was a fun morning and I'm glad I got to see Bevan too before he left on his mission. 

Family walk to the park

We love that there is a park right down the street from our house. It's awesome to be able to have one so close! It makes for easy trips to the park... which the kids always love. 

Brenna ~ 10 Weeks Old

Here are some pictures of Brenna around 10 weeks old. 

She moves all over the place at night!
She always wakes up cooing and making the cutest noises.

Brenna loves bath time.

On a walk to the park.

She's been loving sucking on her fingers. 

Brenna (left) & Kimbri (right)

Tummy time!!

Joe's Farm Grill

Joe's Farm Grill is so yummy. And each year they have a "Customer Appreciation Day" and they give everyone a free burger and fries. Yum! The line is usually pretty long but it moves really fast. Kimbri was actually in preschool during the time we went so it was just Garrett, Brenna and I. We went through the line and got food to go but on our way out they had a fire truck with firemen handing out free fireman hats. Garrett was in heaven! He was SO excited to see the firemen and the firetruck.... and you can totally see the excitement on his face in these pictures. It was super fun and was delicious! (And the burgers were so big that we split Garrett's and Kimbri still got to have some food when she got home from preschool).

Brenna's Blessing Day

Brenna was blessed on November 1, 2015.

We felt so happy to have our parents come into town for Brenna's baby blessing. It was such a special day and it turned out perfect!

 A sweet lady in our ward, Christy Peterson, wrote down a few parts of Brenna's blessing so we could remember. There was some very tender and sweet parts of her blessing which included:

"I bless you to know you are loved and were born into a home where you were loved and people looked forward to your birth."

"I bless you that you will see the best in others. That you will see the best in them even when they treat you less than fair, and even when others look down on them."

"I bless you with great faith in Jesus Christ and that you will help others strengthen their faith."

"You will be close to your siblings."

Brenna has already been such a sweet blessing in our lives. She is such a tender soul and makes me filled with joy. I love her more than words can say and it's so true, the part in the blessing, that said people looked forward to her birth. We were so excited for her to join our family and we are so happy that she is here! 

Wearing the same dress and bracelet that
Kimbri wore on her blessing day.